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Films that won the Best Costume Design Academy Award

  • Star Wars (film)George Lucas conceived a space opera in 1971, shortly after finishing his first feature film THX 1138. He initially planned to adapt the Flash Gordon serials…
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingIn the shadow of Mount Doom, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins clings to a crumbling ledge while his loyal companion Samwise Gamgee pulls him upward.
  • Ben-Hur (1959 film)Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced a remake of the 1925 silent film Ben-Hur in December 1952. The project initially aimed to spend Italian assets but evolved into…
  • Hamlet (1948 film)Laurence Olivier stood at the helm of a massive production in 1947, transforming from celebrated actor into director for his second film.
  • Ran (film)Akira Kurosawa conceived the idea for Ran in the mid-1970s while reading about the Sengoku-period warlord Mōri Motonari.
  • Titanic (1997 film)James Cameron stared into the dark Atlantic in 1985 and saw a ghost. He had spent years studying shipwrecks, but the Titanic felt like Mount Everest to him.
  • Anne of the Thousand DaysThe year 1948 marked the Broadway premiere of Maxwell Anderson's play at the Shubert Theatre. H. C. Potter directed a production that ran for 288…